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Message:: [QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 7828984, member: 82549"]Knowing this much, you might still be able to identify the ruler. Most of these coins begin with "D N [name of emperor]" and end with ". . . P F AVG"1) If you can definitely make out the 3rd letter in the inscriptions, that would identify the emperor. Unfortunately, "A"s often look like "H"s in these inscription, so that might not help distinguishing between Arcadius and Honorius.2) The number of letters in the inscription can help. Since each inscription contains the 5 letters above, both Arcadius and Honorius would have 13 letters altogether (not much help there, either), Theodosius has 15, and Valentinian II, written as Valentinianus has 18.3) Most inscriptions have a break in the middle, where the emperor's head splits it in half. An inscription without this break identifies the coin as Valentinian II (although some of his coins have the split inscriptions).4) "O"s tend to be easy to spot. Look for "O[another letter]O". If you see this in a shorter inscription, think Honorius. In a longer inscription, it's Theodosius. And I second [USER=115017]@ultprice[/USER]'s  recommendation about tesorillo. Hope this is helpful.[/QUOTE]